The shepherdess calls
a distant clang of goat bells
mountain music
Mark is a member of the British Haiku Society and has been writing haiku and senryu for around seven years, His first collection Ghost Moon received positive reviews from the esteemed American haiku Journal Frog Pond and the British Haiku Society’s Blithe Spirit. He’s just completed his second collection “So Slow The Moon’s Rise”. Mark’s haiku and senryu have been published in haiku journals al around the world, and he was one of the panelists at our latest Naviar Haiku Fest in London last October.
Haiku by Mark Gilfillan
Picture by Antonio Grosz
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.
You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
Submission deadline: 19th June 2019
Thank you so much, this composition enhance the haiku and takes it to another dimension.
My new collection is now with my publisher, Alba and also has w new title.
A Portable Universe
Taken from
held up to the light
a portable universe
the tadpole jam-jar
I am a committee member and trustee of The British Haiku Society and also run a live haiku reading event called Haiku London, every three months or so at The Mascara Bar N16 in London
Thank you Marco and the whole team at Naviar Records, a wonderful and imaginative piece.